[26.06.2011]
Deadline meldet...[...] The release date for Fast & Furious 6 is Memorial Day (May 24) of 2013. It follows the record-breaking success of Summer 2011's Fast Five, which posted the biggest opening weekend in Universal Pictures history and will soon shoot past $600 million at the worldwide box office. The global blockbuster franchise [..] reunites its ensemble cast "for their most dangerous adventure yet", according to the studio. Neal H. Moritz and Vin Diesel return to produce, and Justin Lin is lining up to go behind the camera for the fourth time in a row.

[06.06.2011]
CS! berichtet über die US-Kinocharts...[...] The hit action sequel Fast Five (Universal) became the first movie of the year to pass the $200 million mark as it added another $3.2 million for seventh place. [...]

[29.05.2011]
CS! berichtet über die US-Kinocharts...[...] Fast Five came in at No. 6 grossing $1.8 million for a domestic total of $191.2 million. Overseas, the sequel has already reached $337.1 million putting its worldwide total at $528.4 million. [...]

[16.05.2011]
CS! berichtet über die US-Kinocharts...[...]
Universal's other summer hit Fast Five starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Jordana Brewster dropped to third place with $19.5 million and $168.8 million grossed domestically in three weekends. The Justin Lin-directed action movie was also the #1 movie worldwide for a third weekend in a row, grossing another $77.5 million in 63 countries to bring its total worldwide gross to $440.5 million! Universal had its second-biggest opening in China where it opened at #1 with $8.5 million in 1,500 locations, four times the opening of Fast & Furious. [...]

[04.05.2011]
CS! meldet...
Following a record-setting box office weekend, Fast Five director Justin Lin has confirmed to USA Today that he'll be back for a sixth entry in the high-octane franchise.
"It's pretty much 100 percent," Lin says, "It's going to happen."
Lin's comments match those made by Vin Diesel to ComingSoon.net last year on the Georgia set of the latest adventure.
"This is a trilogy," the star announced, "...When I was thinking of this 'Fast & Furious,' I thought of it as three stories. The one that you saw [4], this one [5] and the final one [6]."
Lin's comments today, however, are a bit more ambiguous regarding the ultimate future of the franchise:
"At five, we're just hitting our stride," he says, "We're growing. People want to continue this journey."
Indeed, plans may have changed since Diesel spoke or the star may personally have plans to exit the franchise after one more big-screen outing. What is certain is that the locale will be updated next time Dom and his team return to theaters. While Lin only says that a change of scenery will happen, Diesel was, last year, a bit more specific.
"I think we'll be in Europe in the last one," he announced.

[28.05.2010]
CS! meldet...[...] Puerto Rico newspaper El Nuevo Dia reported yesterday that Fast Five, the fifth installment of the "Fast and Furious" franchise, will shoot on the island from July to August.
Streets, neighborhoods and local offices will serve to represent Brazil, a country where most of the plot takes place, said the newspaper.
In the film, Dom (Vin Diesel) and Brian (Paul Walker) are fugitives being pursued by relentless lawmen. Diesel and Walker are being joined by Dwayne Johnson, TJ Hassan, Tego Calderon and Don Omar.
Directed by Justin Lin from a script by Chris Morgan, the Universal Pictures release hits theaters on June 10, 2011.

[07.05.2010]
Deadline meldet...Is a match-up between action icons Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel in the works for the next installment of The Fast and the Furious? Sources tell me it’s not a done deal but that Johnson is eyeing a starring role in Fast & Furious 5. He's already is driving mode on the CBS Films revenge drama Faster, and here, it appears Johnson's character will be on the right side of the law. Fast & Furious 4 reinvigorated the franchise with a $155M domestic haul.

[04.02.2010]
Variety.com meldet...Universal Pictures is hitting the accelerator on a fifth installment of "Fast and Furious," currently being referred to as "Fast Five."
Studio has closed deals with Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, director Justin Lin and producer Neal Moritz to return to the franchise, which has become one of the studio's most lucrative.
Diesel and Walker sat out the third chapter in the series but returned for last year's fourth installment, which was the highest-grossing "Fast and Furious" film and Universal's top grosser of 2009. Its box office haul was more than $350 million worldwide.
Chris Morgan is writing "Fast Five," marking the third time he and Lin have teamed for a "Fast and Furious" film. The story finds protags Dom (Diesel) and Brian (Walker) as fugitives being pursued by relentless lawmen.
Lensing will begin later this year for a 2011 release.
Original Films' Moritz has produced every film in the series, beginning in 2001 with the "The Fast and the Furious."
Universal's Jeff Kirschenbaum and Franklin Leonard will oversee the project for the studio.

[12.01.2010]
AICN zitiert aus Vin Diesel's Facebook...[...] If 2009's 'Fast and Furious' was chapter one, what writer Chris Morgan just delivered is Chapter 2 and chapter 3.
I have never been submitted a two story saga from a studio before... it is very exciting, and shows a commitment level that is hard not to respond to. [...]

[20.04.2009]
CS! berichtet über die US-Kinocharts...[...] Universal's Fast & Furious rounded out the top five with $12.3 million. Made for about $85 million, the fourth film in the franchise has earned $136.7 million after three weeks. [...]

[16.03.2009]
Latino Review sprach mit Vin Diesel...[...] Paul (Walker) mentioned you had ideas about a Fast and Furious 5, about how it could go to Europe. Are you already thinking, after this opens, that...
Vin: Yes. Yes. I think a few pictures at a time ahead. I try to work out stories in the way I approach sequels. In that, Coppola way. I try to think out the story, even before we go to shoot the film that's at hand. So yes, I have been thinking about it. I actually brought up the idea of shooting both of the movies back to back to the President of Universal. He was like, "What? We're just getting our feet back together." [...]

[20.08.2008]
CS! meldet...Vin Diesel, who stars in next Friday's Babylon A.D., told ComingSoon.net today that he is directing a 20-minute prequel to Fast and Furious, the fourth installment in the Universal Pictures franchise.
Diesel will star in the prequel along with Michelle Rodriguez reprising her role as Letty and Sung Kang returning as Han. Diesel didn't say how the prequel would premiere; it could be on a DVD, online, TV, etc.
The fourth movie is a sequel to the first installment, and though Diesel didn't elaborate, we assume this 20-minute prequel will tie-in some of the events from the second and third movies. Rodriguez appeared in the first movie, Sung Kang in the third, and Diesel in the first with a brief cameo in the third.
In the Justin Lin-directed Fast and Furious, opening June 5, 2009, fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel) reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker). But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmanuever him.